摘要:
An optical wavelength selective device is provided that is particularly useful as a demultiplexer. The device is made from a planar slab optical waveguide material transmissive to light. Perturbations in the form of holes are etched into the slab waveguide cladding or preferably into the core of the waveguide thereby changing the effective refractive index of regions within the core. The holes are very closely spaced and form a transmissive optical grating, having dimensions suitable for operating in the Raman-Nath regime. Mirrors or lenses are formed within the device for guiding an input beam into the waveguide as a parallel light source.
摘要:
Apparatus for transmitting a beam of energy includes a first arm formed by a hollow tube, which is rotatable about its own axis, a second arm formed by two half-arms, arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of the first tube and movable with respect thereto by means of an articulation, and a third arm formed by a hollow tube, articulated to the half-arms by two intermediate parts.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for deposition of thin film dielectrics, and in particular for chemical vapour deposition of nano-layer structures comprising multiple layers of dielectrics, such as, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride and/or other silicon compatible dielectrics. The method comprises post-deposition surface treatment of deposited layers with a metal or semiconductor source gas, e.g. a silicon source gas. Deposition of silicon containing dielectrics preferably comprises silane-based chemistry for deposition of doped or undoped dielectric layers, and surface treatment of deposited dielectric layers with silane. Surface treatment provides dielectric layers with improved layer-to-layer uniformity and lateral continuity, and substantially atomically flat dielectric layers suitable for multilayer structures for electroluminescent light emitting structures, e.g. active layers containing rare earth containing luminescent centres. Doped or undoped dielectric thin films or nano-layer dielectric structures may also be provided for other semiconductor devices.
摘要:
A thin film electro-luminescent device (TFEL) includes an active layer made of a direct bandgap semiconductor material, e.g. zinc oxide, doped with exciton binding centers, such as aluminum, in small amounts, e.g. 0.001 at % to 30.0 at %. The exciton binding centers prevent free excitons, created by impact ionization, from diffusing toward and recombining at native defect centers. To provide a columnar structure, a polycrystalline seed layer is deposited first to provide a template, followed by the deposition of an overlying layer forming columns in accordance with the template.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a sol-gel deposition/heat treatment process, which consistently produces polycrystalline direct bandgap semiconductor, e.g. ZnO, thin films exhibiting a photo luminescent (PL) spectrum at room temperature that is dominated by a single peak, e.g. in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, in which the PL intensity of the bandgap emission is more than approximately 40 times greater than any deep-level defect emission peak or band. The present invention incorporates such direct bandgap semiconductor, e.g. ZnO, polycrystalline thin films produced by the method of the present invention into electro-luminescent devices that exhibit similarly high ratios of bandgap/deep-level defect emission intensity.
摘要:
Deposition of thin film dielectrics, and in particular for chemical vapor deposition of nano-layer structures comprising multiple layers of dielectrics, such as, silicon dioxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, and/or other silicon compatible dielectrics includes post-deposition surface treatment of deposited layers with a metal or semiconductor source gas, e.g., a silicon source gas. Deposition of silicon containing dielectrics comprises silane-based chemistry for deposition of doped or undoped dielectric layers, and surface treatment of deposited dielectric layers with silane. Surface treatment provides dielectric layers with improved layer-to-layer uniformity and lateral continuity, and substantially atomically flat dielectric layers suitable for multilayer structures for electroluminescent light emitting structures, e.g., active layers containing rare earth containing luminescent centers. Doped or undoped dielectric thin films or nano-layer dielectric structures may also be provided for other semiconductor devices.
摘要:
Electroluminescent (EL) devices structures are provided comprising a hot electron stopper layer structure to capture hot electrons and dissipate their energy, thereby reducing damage to the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer and reducing other hot electron effects, such as charging effects, which impact reliability of EL device structures. The stopper layer structure may comprise a single layer or multiple layers provided between the TCO electrode layer and the emitter structure, and may also function to reduce diffusion or chemical interactions between the TCO and the emitter layer structure. Optionally, stopper layers may also be provided within the emitter structure. Suitable stopper layer materials are wideband gap semiconductors or dielectrics, preferably transparent at wavelengths emitted by the EL device characterized by high impact ionization rates, and/or high relative permittivity relative to adjacent layers of the emitter structure.
摘要:
A thin reflecting disk tightly bears on one edge of a case for defining a closed volume, means being provided in the latter for producing a negative pressure, and the bottom of the case is provided with supports arranged in parallel rows of three supoprts, a small beam being advantageously interposed between the disk and each row of supports when this mirror is used for focusing a laser beam, it is possible, by simply regulating the supports, to modify the shape of the disk so as to, e.g. obtain a rectilinear focal zone and a constant energy concentration of the beam along the zone.
摘要:
Electroluminescent (EL) devices structures are provided comprising a hot electron stopper layer structure to capture hot electrons and dissipate their energy, thereby reducing damage to the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer and reducing other hot electron effects, such as charging effects, which impact reliability of EL device structures. The stopper layer structure may comprise a single layer or multiple layers provided between the TCO electrode layer and the emitter structure, and may also function to reduce diffusion or chemical interactions between the TCO and the emitter layer structure. Optionally, stopper layers may also be provided within the emitter structure. Suitable stopper layer materials are wideband gap semiconductors or dielectrics, preferably transparent at wavelengths emitted by the EL device characterized by high impact ionization rates, and/or high relative permittivity relative to adjacent layers of the emitter structure.
摘要:
A thin film electro-luminescent device (TFEL) includes an active layer made of a direct bandgap semiconductor material, e.g. zinc oxide, doped with exciton binding centers, such as aluminum, in small amounts, e.g. 0.001 at % to 30.0 at %. The exciton binding centers prevent free excitons, created by impact ionization, from diffusing toward and recombining at native defect centers. To provide a columnar structure, a polycrystalline seed layer is deposited first to provide a template, followed by the deposition of an overlying layer forming columns in accordance with the template.